readinghavoc 's review for:

The Third Person by Emma Grove

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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This book was so well done. I loved getting to learn about D.I.D. alongside Emma, and was surprised by how much affection I had for her disparate parts. The art style was really compelling in both its simplicity and the complexity of emotion, action, and thought it was able to convey. The black out boxes were a great choice, especially after reading about the authors process of writing the book. And it was fascinating to see the ways that Emma’s D.I.D. and her queerness interacted with one another. Insightful, captivating, and deeply moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Transphobia, Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Deadnaming, Drug abuse